Sean Claggett

Proven Verdicts
Partner - Trial Lawyer at Claggett & Sykes Trial Lawyers
Las Vegas, NV22 years experience

About Sean Claggett

Sean Claggett is the Founding Partner and lead Trial Lawyer at Claggett & Sykes Trial Lawyers in Las Vegas, Nevada, which he established in 2005. He represents clients in complex personal injury cases nationwide. The firm has grown to over 60 employees, including more than 20 attorneys.

Claggett earned his Juris Doctor cum laude from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2003 and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UNLV in 2000. He served as staff editor of the Nevada Law Journal, was a member of the National Moot Court team, and won the Society of Advocates oral argument competition. He is admitted to the State Bar of Nevada.

Claggett serves as Adjunct Professor at UNLV Boyd School of Law since 2013. His honors include Nevada Justice Association Trial Lawyer of the Year (2017), Titan of Trial by Trial Lawyers University, AV Preeminent rating, AVVO 10/10, and Mountain States Super Lawyer (2014-2022).

Proven verdicts and settlements

A Rio Arriba County jury held Acadia Healthcare and its New Mexico foster care subsidiaries responsible for placing an 8-year-old girl with a foster father who raped her repeatedly, returning one of the largest single-plaintiff sexual abuse verdicts in the country.

Rio Arriba County (First Judicial District Court), New Mexico · 2023Sexual AbuseRead the full story →

A 20-year-old painter suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 2021 ladder fall in Utah. A Denver jury found his workers' compensation carrier, NorGUARD Insurance, knowingly and unreasonably delayed and denied his care, including inpatient rehabilitation. It awarded $145.26 million, made up of $85.26 million in compensatory and $60 million in punitive damages.

Denver District Court, Denver, Colorado · 2025Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

A retrial jury in Utah's Fourth District Court awarded $81 million against Beacon Roofing Supply after one of its trucks struck and killed a 12-year-old boy who was crossing legally in a marked crosswalk.

Fourth District Court, Utah · 2026Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$47 millionVerdictTop 20 in Nevada · #15

A Clark County jury found Amy Geiler's losses worth just under $47 million after hospital doctors raised her dangerously low blood sodium too quickly, causing permanent brainstem damage and locked-in syndrome.

Clark County District Court, Las Vegas, NV · 2023Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

A Clark County jury returned $38.8 million against Republic Services after one of its garbage trucks turned through a marked crosswalk and struck and killed an 11-year-old girl who was crossing with the walk signal.

Clark County District Court, Las Vegas, NV · 2021Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$20 millionVerdictTop 20 in Nevada · #20

In February 2018 a Clark County jury awarded $20 million, split evenly between compensatory and punitive damages, against the Lamplight Village at Centennial Springs homeowners association. A 15-year-old boy had suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2013 when a metal crossbar on a community swing set broke and struck his head. Jurors found the association failed to inspect and maintain the playground equipment. The association appealed, but the Nevada Supreme Court dismissed the appeals by stipulation in 2020 and the verdict stood.

Clark County District Court (Judge Joe Hardy), Las Vegas, Nevada · 2018Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$14.1 millionVerdict

A Las Vegas jury awarded bicyclist Thunder Roybal more than $14.1 million after an SUV driven for the Sapphire Gentleman's Club struck and ran him over, a verdict the Nevada Supreme Court later affirmed in full.

Clark County District Court, Las Vegas, NV · 2022Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$13.14 millionVerdict

A Clark County jury held Lowe's responsible after Kelly Hendrickson slipped on liquid draining from store planters, fractured her skull, and permanently lost her senses of taste and smell.

Clark County District Court (Regional Justice Center), Las Vegas, NV · 2016Slip & FallRead the full story →
Settlement

Sean Claggett asked a Las Vegas jury for up to $63 million for Elisa Sales, who suffered permanent brain damage after monitor alarms were silenced and resuscitation was delayed during a pacemaker procedure, and the hospital settled for a confidential sum while the jury deliberated.

Clark County District Court, Las Vegas, NV · 2019Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Nevada Las Vegas
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Nevada

Awards & recognition

Trial Lawyer of the Year - Nevada Justice Association (2017)
Titan of Trial - Trial Lawyers University
AV Preeminent (Martindale-Hubbell)
Avvo 10/10
Mountain States Super Lawyer (2014-2022)
Boyd School of Law Alumni of the Year (2010)

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.